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Emeco Holdings has announced a new chief executive for its underperforming Pit N Portal division while also renegotiating a major contract with Mincor Resources.

Mark McGowan has called on east coast energy providers to wear some pain amid an expected surge in energy prices over the next two years.

Options await a reinvigorated New Zealand favourite.

Chris Ellison has no current plans to spin-off Mineral Resources' lithium business and remains keen to build a refinery at the company’s Wodgina mine in the Pilbara.

Longer opening hours and fewer trading restrictions on key public holidays could be on the way for Perth’s small bars.

A Perth-linked tech company that has worked with Boeing and Google, and counts Malcolm Turnbull as a backer, has secured $108 million from investors including KKR.

Sharon Warburton epitomises the rise of female company directors but the number of women chairing major WA companies remains very small.

Rising interest rates and economic pressure have failed to dent WA’s jobless rate, steady at 3.5 per cent, while national data hit a fresh record.

A cross-party federal parliamentary committee has given the green light to a new trade deal between Britain and Australia.

Miners to top ‘Rudd tax’ campaign

The Dale Alcock-led group has posted a loss for the first time in its 40-year history, citing unprecedented challenges felt by the industry nationwide.

Former WA solicitor general Robert Meadows has died, aged 81.

A report says hundreds of hospital patients are occupying much-needed beds for thousands of days because there are no community facilities to release them into.

Hit hard by four months of lockdowns last calendar year, national shoe retailer Betts Group has been buoyed by the positive market despite marking a loss for the year.

Perth-based tech startup ULUU has raised $8.6 million to develop and distribute its plastic alternative made from seaweed.

The local share market has closed lower, with investors apparently treading cautiously as the war in Ukraine threatened to spill across the border into Poland.

OZ Minerals has placed its shares in a trading halt as it evaluates a “potential change of control transaction”.

Another high-rise has been proposed for the Scarborough Redevelopment Area, a region already occupied with projects amounting to more than $300 million.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses this year's changes to Data & Insights' accountants list and highlights some of the biggest issues affecting the sector.

Birds of a different feather may flock together if Elon Musk changes Twitter’s content rules.

WA charity Lionheart Camp for Kids will encourage conversation about death and grief on Children’s Grief Awareness Day on November 17.

Former Fortescue Metals and Mitsui & Co executive Don Hyma will be joining Caravel Minerals as its managing director later this month.

Osborne Park developer Built Form Capital is targeting the local business community to buy into the $20 million development.

A new modular building has been flagged for Shenton College, in a bid to cater for the growing population of students in the western suburbs.

The buoyant WA economy is creating plenty of opportunities for accounting firms, but their growth has been highly varied.

The Perth-based property syndicator acquired the $5 million Magnetic Island asset as part of its partnership with global hotel operator Selina.

Wages are tracking upwards, growing by 3.1 per cent in the year to September, but still failing to keep up with the rising cost of living.

Maritime mayhem threatens WA grain

MACA Cancer 200 Ride for Research fundraiser has nearly reached its participant capacity for the 2023 event in only four weeks.

Strike Energy boss Stuart Nicholls has implored joint venture partner Warrego Energy to reconsider a $246 million cash takeover from Beach Energy, flagging a potential change in development plans.

Political editor Gary Adshead talks about the state government's record on facilities management.

The local share market has finished little changed for a second straight day, despite double-digit losses for a number of lithium producers.